Search

Faculty by Research Area

Page

go to Faculty Directory Astrophysics & Astronomy Dvorkin, Finkbeiner, Horowitz (Emeritus), Kovac, Shapiro, Stubbs Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Doyle, Fan, Gabrielse (Emeritus), Greiner, Hau, Lukin, Ni, Park, Yao Theoretical Atomic...

Khalaf, Paban Join Harvard Physics Faculty

News

The Department of Physics welcomes two new faculty members: Eslam Khalaf, as Assistant Professor of Physics, and Sonia Paban, Senior Lecturer on Physics and Senior Research Scientist in Physics. Both Prof. Khalaf and Dr. Paban were previously faculty...

Faculty

Page

Faculty Assistants / Lab Administrators

Page

Harvard Physics Faculty 2025

Page

1. Prof. Isaac Silvera 2. Prof. Jenny Hoffman 3. Prof. John Huth 4. Prof. Arthhur Jaffe 5. Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath 6. Prof. Efthimios Kaxiras 7. Prof. Christopher Stubbs 8. Prof. Eslam Khalaf 9. Prof. Bertrand Halperin 10. Dr. Girma Hailu 11. Prof...

Department News Archive: Faculty Awards

Page

2026: Roslyn Abramson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching : Julia Mundy John Stewart Bell Prize: Mikhail Lukin Brown Investigator Award: Kang-Kuen Ni Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers 2025: Michael Brenner, Douglas Finkbeiner, Markus...

Faculty Committees AY17-18

Page

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Howard Georgi Director of Graduate Studies: Douglas Finkbeiner Postdoctoral Scholar Mentoring: Cumrun Vafa Standing Committees Undergraduate instruction Howard Georgi (Chair) Louis Deslauriers Logan McCarty David Morin...

About the Department

Page

Harvard Physics faculty in 2025 (photo by Paul Horowitz) The Department of Physics at Harvard is large and diverse in its research interests. With 10 Nobel Prize winners to its credit, the distinguished faculty of today engages in teaching and research...

Barandes Receives Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Awards

News

The Mendelsohn Award is presented annually to one or more Harvard faculty members based on nominations from GSAS students. A selection committee reviews nominations from GSAS students to highlight faculty members who provide excellent and exceptional...

Sonia Paban

Person

Sonia Paban is a high-energy theorist currently working on early universe physics. She is interested in understanding the effects of many active fields during inflation. Most recently, she has studied the robustness of inflation to inhomogeneous initial...

Mikhail Lukin Named University Professor

News

Prof. Mikhail Lukin, a pioneer and leader in quantum science and quantum computing, has been named a University Professor, Harvard’s highest honor for faculty. Beginning July 1, Lukin will hold the University Professorship established by Joshua Friedman...

What is Physics 90r/91r?

FAQ

Physics 90r (Supervised Research) and Physics 91r (Supervised Reading) provide valuable instruction and experience for many students. 

1. Each Reading or Research program must include a significant amount of physics.
2. Each Reading or Research program must not...